Saddle-bag.



. PATEN'TED JUNB 1904. v LLN. PRUDHOMMR- SADDLE BAG. APPLICATION PILBDAUG. 8,1901 RENEWED MAY 6, 1904 YNOMODIIL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SADDLE-BAG- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761 ,783,dated June '7, 1904. I

Application filed August 8, 1901. Renewed May 6, 1904. Serial No.206,624. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs NARCISSE PRUD- I-IOMME, ,a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Bermuda, in the parish of Natchitoches andState of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSaddle-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to saddle-bags; and its primary object is toprovide a device of this character which will thoroughly protect itscontents from the weather and be convenient and durable in use.

The improvement is designed especially for use in the transportation ofthe mails where horseback service is necessary, as in rural freedelivery, &c. With this end in view I provide a bag provided at itsfront with two receptacles, each made up of two cylindrical sections,for the reception of rolls of paper, parcels, &c. and two rear boxes orreceptacles of rectangular form forthe reception of letters,circulars,&c. These receptacles are all so situated and constructed-asto permit of readyaccess by the carrier while seated in the saddle.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the particularconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the saddle-bag spread outand disconnected from the saddle in order to show the construction andposition of the various bags or compartments more clearly. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view of the same, taken on line a I) of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout bothfigures of the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 designates the saddleblanket made of leather, canvas,or some other suitable and convenient material, and comprising parallelstrips 2 and 3, connected by a central strip 4:, which latter is formedat its rear end with a semicircular slit 5 to adapt it to fit'over therear end of the saddle. To

each side of the front strip 2 there are receptacles 6,, comprising twocylindrical sections,

staples 8 and cords 9, secured by a padlock or other suitable fastening.To each side of the rear strip 3 there is secured a box or receptacle10. These boxes are of rectangular form and provided with hinged covers11, formed with slots adapted to fit over a series of staples 12,-projecting from the top edges of the boxes, and to be secured by a strapor cord 13, secured at one end to the box and passed through thestaples, the free end being secured by a padlock 14, or other suitablefastening. To protect the several boxes or receptacles from the weather,I provide curtains 15, secured at their upper ends to the strips 2 and 3and adapted to be unrolled to cover the boxes or rolled up, as shown inthe drawings.

16 designates openings at the front of the saddle skirt or blanket,through which the horn of the saddle projects, the plurality of suchopenings adapting the deviceto saddles of varying size.

17 designates openings for fastening the blanket proper to the saddle.These openings, as well as the openings 16, are all eyeleted to preventthe same from tearing out.

18 designates semicircular metal guards to prevent the semicircular slit5 from tearing out at these places.

19 designates a broad strap sewed at its front end to the saddle-blanketand provided at its rear end with eyeleted openings 20 and adapted to bebrought forward, forming a loop for the gun or rifle which may bedesired to be carried, and then hooked over the horn of the saddleprojecting through one of the openings 16.

,21 designates a small roll of oil-cloth, into which may be rolled ablanket, and thus be kept dry.

22 designates buckles for fastening. the lower portions of the curtains15 to the saddle-blanket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A saddle-bag, consisting of a saddleblanket comprising parallelstrips of material connected by a central strip formed with a transverseslit, boxes or receptacles secured verse slit; of boxes or receptaclessecured to said strips; covers for said boxes or receptacles; means forsecuring said covers; and curtains secured at their upper ends to thesaddle-blanket, and adapted to be rolled up when not in use,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof .I have aflixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

LOUIS NARClSSll lllllllllmlllll. \Vitnesses:

P. A. Pannuomm, JAs. B. TUCKER.

